I've been desperately looking for a C# book that discussed a 3-tier architecture and how it should be applied in .NET. This book (shows) you how it can be done...

— Trish Middleton, . If you are an architect looking to migrate to the .NET platform you should have a look at this book. This book is a ‘soup to nuts' manual…(and) if you're looking to learn a solid architecture and the concepts behind it, you've found what you're looking for.

— Bryan Tyler, Denver Visual Studio User Group

This book is a translation of Rockford Lhotka's industry-standard title&emdash;Expert One-on-One Visual Basic .NET Business Objects&emdash;into C# language. Lhotka's ideas remain extremely influential in .NET development, and this book translates those ideas directly to you, the C# programmer.

Expert C# Business Objects reveals the opportunities available through .NET. You will learn to make informed decisions about developing your enterprise C# projects. Further, you will learn how to successfully trade off between performance and flexibility.

This book contains the author's Component-based, Scalable, Logical Architecture (CSLA .NET)&emdash;an object-oriented framework that acts as the foundation for a range of enterprise applications&emdash;which you are free to examine, use and modify.